The computer analogy i thought was embedded in the Cognitive approach, which was a direct reaction to Behaviourism... either way there are several different perspectives for the development and workings of the human brain. I personally see myself as an Objectivist, wherein reality exists independant from consciousness, we are in contact with reality through sensory perception, our consciousness is, in essence, objective knowledge gained from this perception and formed through concept formation. This is a philosophical notion, i suppose if you were looking at it from a psychological perspective, it would fall under the Cognitive approach.
In relation to the point of this thread, having mulled it over, i've decided an act of impulse is, ultimately, a result of the circumstances... its our senses reacting to the existents surrounding us... what this entails in the question of free will i do not know, i'll have to reflect on this more when ive had a chance to think about it.
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